Working alongside Indigenous People and Communities

Since our inception is 1985 Outland has recognized the inherent benefits of engaging, training and hiring local Indigenous peoples. Our success as a company is largely based on our trusting partnerships with Indigenous communities, our reliance on local Indigenous workforces and the transfer of local experiences to make our remote projects work. From our fire fighter crews, tree planters, line clearing teams and construction teams, kitchen staff and management team, we strive to reflect the regional demographics in all our operations.

Outland understands the need for meaningful employment, respect for culture and the environment. In our workplace, we emphasize cultural awareness and sensitivity. Providing a safe, welcoming workplace for all employees is one of our proudest accomplishments and key to the success of our business. Outland uses local suppliers and supports local entrepreneurs throughout our operations. Our commitment is to:

Training Programs

Outland's range of training and employment initiatives illustrates a strong social consciousness with respect to the traditional lands and communities on or adjacent to our operations. Outland is an industry leader in facilitating effective capacity building environments for Indigenous employees. We are committed to developing our northern workforce to reflect the imminent demographic shifts in Canada 's northern populations.

Tangmaarvik Inland Camp Services

Outland Camps has formed an Inuit Owned Company (TANGMAARVIK INLAND CAMP SERVICES) in Baker Lake, Nunavut. The company has been formed to provide a local platform that supports economic development in Baker Lake with a focus on remote workforce housing and catering. TANGMAARVIK Inland Camp Services focuses on securing catering and camp structures for exploration projects and producing mines, providing local employment and supporting community initiatives in Baker Lake and Nunavut.

Tangmaarvik Inland Camp Services include:

Sustained Action Fire Crews

Since 1997 Outland has employed 100's of Sustained action Fire Crews in Alberta and Ontario. These fire fighters are primarily from First Nations communities in the far north. In a busy fire year Outland will employ over 300 First Nations Fire Fighters from over 30 remote communities across Canada.

The Outland Youth Employment Program had another successful season in 2018! The First Nations Natural Resources Youth Employment Program (FNNRYEP), developed and operated by Outland over the last two decades, is an education, training and work opportunity for Northern Ontario Indigenous youth. The six week program partners with many regional stakeholders to offer a meaningful, culturally relevant, life/work skills oriented live-in experience in a remote camp facility.
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CONCORD, ONTARIO, March 7, 2018 – Outland-Carillion Services and Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited ("Fairfax") (TSX: FFH and FFH.U) announce the successful completion of the previously announced acquisition of certain assets and liabilities related to Carillion's Canadian support services operations.
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Overview

Outland ensures inclusive and representative hiring practices to reflect the make-up of the communities we live and work in. Employment equity in Canada's North means: eliminating barriers to employment for women, Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, and members of visible minorities. This has been our highest priority in the area of camp workforce diversity. We believe that the benefits of this approach include:

Modeling what we believe. We seek to lead by example in our remote camps in developing and promoting the best Indigenous talent.

Excellent Service to our Clients. Our key clients depend on Outland to foster positive relationships with the Indigenous communities in the areas in which we work.

Competitive Advantage. The Inuit, Metis and First Nation's people are often the most cost effective solution to providing services in isolated locations. This is a win-win approach. Female Indigenous people are an often overlooked source of excellent employees.

Forward Thinking. By employing and promoting a diverse workforce, Outland benefits from different points of view and new approaches to problem solving.

Commitment to Youth. Following the impetus of government employment and training programs, Outland has made a particularly strong push toward hiring and mentoring male and female Indigenous youth between the ages of 16 and 30.

Diversity is a core corporate value. Welcoming diversity is vital to our success in our northern business relationships. As a large employer across northern Canada (provinces and territories) our diversity program is focused upon building our Indigenous employee base.

While our broad hiring objectives are described above, Outland also works in partnership with various groups to achieve specific objectives on a project by project basis. A number of these projects are in specific operations where our clients have requested confidentiality. In recent years, Outland has met or exceeded all proposed hiring targets in our remote workforce camps.

Cultural Sensitivity Training:

A successful workplace starts with understanding. All non-Indigenous staff participate in a cultural sensitivity training session which is tailored to the specific area of operations.

Workplace Harassment, Violence and Discrimination policy:

All Outland employees are treated equally under this newly modified policy (2018). Outland prides itself on building and maintaining a happy workforce with an admirable sense of teamwork.

Outland sees the need for a long term shift in our camp and catering workforce toward a higher percentage of Indigenous employees. To this end, with a variety of partners, Outland undertakes extensive Indigenous training initiatives to build workforce capacity in the local Indigenous populations.